---
name: "Nathan Matthew David"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nathan-matthew-david"
fi1m_id: "nathan-matthew-david"
imdb_id: "nm2568850"
tmdb_id: 933102
roles: ["Composer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T02:00:39.699308+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nathan Matthew David

## Identity

Nathan Matthew David

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nathan-matthew-david
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nathan-matthew-david
- **IMDb ID:** nm2568850
- **TMDB ID:** 933102
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2568850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933102

Composer.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (2), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $77m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2568850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933102

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Joy Ride*](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nathan Matthew David is a Filipino-American film and television composer. Born in the United States to Filipino immigrants, he studied in the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television programme at the University of Southern California. He later collaborated with mentors Ludwig Göransson and Theodore Shapiro on various projects.

His credits include the score for the comedy series *Angie Tribeca* (2016), the A24 film *Slice* (2018, co-composed with Göransson), the Lionsgate comedy *Joy Ride* (2023), and the forthcoming DreamWorks animated feature *Forgotten Island* (2026). He composed for the Lifetime documentary series *Surviving R. Kelly* (2019), for which he received a Peabody Award and an ASCAP award in 2020. Other work includes scores for *Deadly Class* (2019) and *Young Rock* (2021–).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nathanmatthewdavid.com, filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Joy Ride* (2023), Fi1m 70, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Bombshell* (2019), Fi1m 63, Music Programmer — [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Forgotten Island* (2026), Original Music Composer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/forgotten-island.md)
- *Nurse Unseen* (2024), Music
- *The Brothers Sun* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Stephen Curry: Underrated* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Joy Ride* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/joy-ride.md)
- *Chang Can Dunk* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Hypnotic* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *American Insurrection* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Beauty Queen* (2021), Music
- *Young Rock* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story* (2020), Music
- *Curtis* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Bombshell* (2019), Music Programmer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *The Game Changers* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Where We Disappear* (2019), Music
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Summer '03* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Slice* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Dismissed* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Suitcase* (2017), Music
- *Actors Anonymous* (2017), Music
- *The Last Word* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Jane Wants a Boyfriend* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Addicted to Fresno* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Drunk Wedding* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Painting Anna* (2015), Music
- *Drone* (2015), Music
- *The House on Pine Street* (2015), Music
- *Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha* (2015), Music
- *The Real Death Valley: The Untold Story of Mass Graves and Migrant Deaths in South Texas* (2014), Music
- *Welcome Nowhere* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *10 Rules for Sleeping Around* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Less* (2011), Music
- *Beirut... Hide and Seek* (2011), Music
- *First Generation* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *The Afterlight* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *A Plus D* (2009), Music
- *The Far Side of Laughter* (2009), Music
- *Command or Truth* (2009), Music
- *The Philosopher Kings* (2009), Music
- *The Olive Depression* (2009), Music
- *The Lost Coast* (2008), Music

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